Cash van robbed at gunpoint in Derry

It happened outside a filling station on Clooney Road this afternoon

The driver of a cash-in-transit van was robbed at gunpoint by two men outside a filling station on Clooney Road shortly before 12pm.

The men got away with a cash box containing money, fleeing on foot towards houses in the St Columba's Walk area.

Detective Sergeant Wallace describes the robbery as "despicable":

"The driver of the van was not injured, but has been left shaken by what must have been an absolutely frightening ordeal.

"This was a brazen and despicable act that was carried out at a busy time when there would have been a number of customers in the forecourt of the premises.

"There would also have been a steady flow of traffic travelling through Greysteel at the time, and I want to appeal to anyone who was in the area, or who saw two males matching the descriptions of the suspects in the moments after the robbery to call us.

"I am also asking any drivers who were in the area, particularly those who may have captured footage on their dash cams to call police on the non emergency number 101, quoting reference 511 of 16/03/19."